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Sam Payne

Biography

Dr. Payne's research interests are focused on algorithms for proteomics data analysis and subsequent interpretation and integration. He is a DOE Early Career Investigator for algorithmic research in metaproteomics. Past PI leads include an NSF Microbial Genome Sequencing grant and an internal R&D project on Biological Data Visualization.

Prior to joining PNNL, Dr. Payne was an Assistant Professor of Informatics at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, MD. Dr. Payne received a B.S. of computer science at Brigham Young University. He earned his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from UC, San Diego working with Dr. Vineet Bafna. His research focused on computational proteomics and algorithm design, making a phosphorylation specific scoring method for mass spectrometry data which improved both sensitivity and specificity compared to current methods. He also helped lead the Arabidopsis proteogenomics project.